Golf-club head



cp L. LAWTON.

(ULF CLUB HEAD.

APPLICATION FILED MAYS. 1920.

Patented Oct. 10, 1922,.

Patented @et T, T922.

UNTT STATES CHARLES L. LAWTON, 0F HANCOCK, MIICHTGAN.

GOLF-CLUB HEAD.

Application filed. May 3,1920. Serial No. 378,578.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, CHARLES L. LAwToN, a citizen of the United States, and residin at Hancock, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Golf-Club Head, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of the heads of golf clubs, and its object is to so position weights' relative to the bottom faces of the heads that the action on the ball ofthe blow delivered by the club may be closely predetermined.`

When a golf club such as a b-rassie or driver having a head of wood has a weight secured below the central horizontal plane of the head or underslung, so that the eHective momentum shall be along the botcontact with the ball when the club is properly used, this weight not only assists in the follow-through of the stroke, but also assists in lkeeping the face of the club in its normal vertical position at the moment it contacts with the ball. The effect of an underslung club is to cause the ball to back-spin or rotate backward and so cause it to carry farther, but to roll a comparatively short distance when it strikes the ground, due to the backward rotation. This underslung feature is therefore valuable for playing on wet grounds where the roll of the lball cannot be relied upon.

. When a weight is mounted above the middle of the club head or overslung the result is a club which causes the -ball to overspin or rotate forward. While this somewhat reduces the Hight of the ball, it conduces to long and fast rolling on hard dry grounds so that the total distance gained is greater than when the underslung club 1s employed. i

This invention consists in the details of construction illustrated'in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the claims.

. 1n the drawings, Fig. 1 is a face elevation, Fig. 2 is a bottom view, and Flg. 3 an end view of the head of an underslung golf club in which a weight isvmounted so as to embody my present invention. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan of an over-slung go f club embodying the present invention. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

- screws into a properly threaded hole in this tom face of the club and below the point of Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The golf clubs whose heads are shown in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawing are of woodv an are attached to shafts or handles, which are not shown, in any desired manner. T have shown a front plate 1 of metal, preferably brass, secured to the head 2 by thek screws 3, and this plate is connected to the bottom plate 4 or integral therewith, the bottom plate being of any desired size and form and preferably united to .the head by the screws 5.

Integral with this bottom plate is a boss or weight 6 whose dimensions are shown in cross section in Fig. 4 and indicated by the dotted lines 7, 8 and 10 in Fig. 2. A bolt 9 boss 6 and its head 11 engages the bearing plate l2. This not only assists in uniting the plate 4 and its boss to the head 2, but also serves to prevent the head from splitting. By thus fastening the weight, a cross stress is laced upon the screws 5 by this bolt 9 andp these screws are thereby prevented from becoming loose.

The boss 6 increases in vertical thickness and decreases in horizontal width toward the back of the club, and as a result there is a minimum torsion on the shaft or handle of the club when the ball is hit bythe toe or heel of the face of the club, and the tendency to slice or hook the ball is greatly lessened.

Tn the brassie shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the front plate is omitted and a narrow bottom plate 15 takes the place of the bottom plate 4 of Fig. 2, although a piece of metal of any other desired `shape may be employed. l weight 16 is secured to the top of the head 17 by means ofthe screws 18 and it tapers toward the front face of the club. A diagonal bolt 19 again screws into a properly threaded hole in this weight and its head engages the bearing plate 20. This bolt again not onlyassists in uniting the weight to the head and prevents the head from splitting but it serves to prevent the screws 18 from becoming loose.

Tt will be understood that the sizes and proportions of the various parts may be varied by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth inthe following claims. 1

-1. A'golfclub having a head of Wood pro- 110 vided With a bottom plate of metal having a boss extending up into a recess in the bottom of the head, the upper surface of the boss inclining downwardly toward the face of the head and the boss decreasing in Width toward the back of the club, a bolt extending through the head from the rear downwardly and engaging in a hole in said boss, and screws to secure the bottom plate and boss in position, said screws being stressed laterally by said bolt.

2. A golf club having a head of Wood and a metal weight embedded in the club and spaced vertically from the middle of the head of the club, said Weight tapering to- Ward the front of the head in a vertical plane and toward the rear ofthe club in a horizontal plane, and a bolt extending diagonally from the rear of the head and engaging in a hole in said Weight.

3. A golf club having a head of Wood and a Inetal weight embedded therein between the front and rear thereof and tapering toward the front of the club, screws to secure the Weight in position, and a bolt extending at an angle to the line of the screws from the rear side of the head into engagement with said Weight.

CHARLES L. LAWTN. 

